After graduation
After graduationAfter graduating in Comic Design, you are a cartoonist. You are then an artist of artistic products, specialised in making visual stories.
Title and diploma
After successfully completing the Bachelor of Comic Design in Zwolle, you may use the title Bachelor of Arts (BA). This course may be found in the Dutch Central Register of Courses in Higher Education (CROHO) under code 39111. The formal name of the course, by which it is known in the CROHO, is Bachelor of Design. This CROHO name will appear on your diploma.u
Gettink to work
Most cartoonists work as freelancers. Depending on your needs, you work on commission on your own graphic novels or create illustrations. Many cartoonists have a hybrid practice in which making comics alternates with illustration assignments, providing courses or other work. A small percentage of alumni end up working at a design agency or at other organisations in the media and entertainment industry and creative industries.
Specialisms for designers
An entrepreneurial attitude and perseverance largely determine success after your studies. New applications for comics offer opportunities in the fields of journalistic, documentary and informative comics. Comic strip creators usually move multidisciplinary in their professional practice. Besides comics, they create illustrations, animations and graphic products, often in collaboration others.
Continuing your studies
Once graduated, you can continue your studies on a master's degree programme. Internationally, there are several options specifically in the field of comics, for instance in Belgium at LUCA/Brussels and in France, Angoulême/Poitiers. Or you can take the two-year course Tailor-Made Fine Art and Design in Education you can follow for a first-degree teaching qualification in regular education.
